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February 23, 1986 is the Deadline!
All applications for the Student Health and Accident
Insurance must be received by February 28, 1986.
Brochures and information are available at:
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER
or call 472-7437
Chock thoso points:
o Am I still eligible for coverage under my parent's plan?
A. Is there an age limit? Most policies limit the age for
dependent coverage to age 23.
B. Are you thinking of marriage? Most policies exclude
a dependent after he becomes married.
Have I declared financial independence from
my parents by receiving financial aid, and no
longer eligible as a dependent under their plan?
Would a medical emergency deplete funds
set aside for my education?
Wednesday, January 22, 1986
War-like
chess at
July games
By Richard Cooper
Staff Reporter
Chess, the strategist's game, will
join more physical events at the Comhusker
State Games in July, said the president
of the Nebraska State Chess Asso
ciation. Michael Nolan, president of the
association, said he petitioned to add
chess to the games for two reasons:
Nebraska has enough players, and the
Comhusker Games will draw more
chess competitors than other tourn
aments. Nolan, who has played the game
since sixth grade, said chess is be
coming more popular. For example, at
the Region VII Championships in
Omaha last month, more than 240
players turned out from Illinois, Iowa,
Missouri and Nebraska.
Nolan said at least 300 to 400 people
compete in the state and another 500
belong to the association.
The UNL Chess Club rapidly is
becoming the state's strongest club, he
said. One reason is because it will
sponsor 12 tournaments this year,
Nolan said. Three of the tournaments
will be for unrated players.
Unrated players aren't registered
with the United States Chess Asso
ciation and haven't played in any
advantages over non-players. For
example, he said, chess increases
players' ability to think logically. Var
ious studies also show that palygin
chess improves grades in all studies, he
said.
That atmosphere is much like a war,
said Robert Narveson, adviser to the
UNL club.
Lombard agreed with Narveson. He
said chess resembles military strategy:
It has forces to deploy, sacrifices to
make and battles to win or lose.
"In a sense, chess is a very violent
game," Lombard said. "It is the only
game that is played to the death."
However, chess also is an art form,
because it deals with patterns and
combinations, he said. It resembles
music and math in many ways, he said.
Because of this, Lombard said, many
math and music prodigies understand
the game fairly well.
Nolan said that in Eastern Bloc
countries, where chess is one of the
most popular sports, all children
between 6 and 8 years old are taught
the game. Then they are tested, he said.
If children do well on the test, they're
assigned to coaches.
In the United States, North Carolina
has the only school system that offers
chess in its curriculum, Nolan said.
Nonetheless, he said, anybody can play.
The hardest part of chess is learning to
look at the board and then adjusting to
the opponent's moves. This takes years
of practice and study to acquire, he
said.
Players at the expert level usually
study seven to eight years, depending
on how much they play and who they
play against, Nolan said. The key to
improving, he said, is to play better
players all the time.
Narveson said chess players have
advantages. For example, he said, chess
increases players' ability to think
logically. Various studies also show
that playing chess improves grades in
all studies, he said.
Narveson compares the game to life.
People constantly make decisions,
Narveson said, and if they make the
wrong decision, it could cost them the
game.
At least 1 percent of UNL students
play chess, he said. Those who don't
play usually lack the patience to master
the game, he said.
But the Comhusker Games will
expose more people to the game, and,
in the next few years, it should gain
popularity, Narveson said.
The first unrated UNL chess tourn
ament will be Feb. 9 ia the basement of
Nebraska Union. The UNL Chess Club
meets every Tuesday in the Union.
